Internal Promotion Support: Do you have a high-performing employee who lacks general management experience, or experience in an area that is a prerequisite for success in what would be their next career step? Maybe they've never led a team project, or they struggle to connect their role with actual business results? Do you have an opening and lack a candidate that really connects with the team? InsideUP can help you facilitate a win-win by supporting your employee for a period of 12-24 weeks from a promotion, bridging the experience gap and developing skills and confidence while providing security for the hiring manager and team - reducing turnover, retaining institutional knowledge and maintaining internal talent with a demonstrated work ethic, aptitude to learn and pre-existing company context and relationships. Lateral Growth Support: We have all had a star employee - someone who brings all-around good stuff to the table day in and day out, someone who is interested in growth within your team or organization in general – and maybe even fully ready to move “up” – but what if there is no open position or budgetary capacity in their current department? Lateral mobility is a big opportunity that organizations often leave on the table. Sometimes, a lateral move is just as – or maybe even more – desirable than moving “up”. I can provide a safety net during a lateral transition into supply chain (including planning/scheduling, purchasing, warehouse management, etc.), operations management or commercialization. Flexible Options: One of the reasons that I believe InsideUP is so valuable is that it’s not feasible for small or even medium-sized organizations to have multiple programs to facilitate growth opportunities for high-performing employees. At the same time, it is rarely quick and simple to come up with a specific support plan for a particular employee circumstance. Working with the hiring manager, I will create and work a customized plan to up-skill and build confidence where it matters. Just reach out - I would really love to schedule a short call to talk through options, even if you are not yet ready to help someone make a move. We can discuss both opportunities and strategy for executing win-win people management that will generally pay off fast, often with meaningful savings and/or cost avoidances that really add up over time.

Does your development program - if you have one - actually produce results? Are you struggling to maintain entry-level employee engagement? Does your team lack visibility to the potential that already exists amongst your ranks? Whether a Quick-Start implementation or a full program implementation, I will work with your team to create and execute a simple (really!) program and process to help you leverage high-potential employees and provide clarity to team depth and performance at the hourly employee level - and use that to drive results. Schedule a zero-pressure call to learn more and see if InsideUP might be a fit for your opportunity!

With decades of experience in product commercialization, MRP/ERP, continuous improvement and other project implementations that required engagement and support from multiple departments, I bring a very strong understanding of the challenges involved with cross-functional team dynamics and project execution. Competing priorities, unexpected issues, accountability without authority can all contribute to a less-than-ideal result. I work collaboratively with your team to better define roles and responsibilities, communication and reporting to improve cross-functional team results - guaranteed!

We all know the standard three weeks' lead time for professional resignation is not nearly enough time to properly assess current needs and work through the hiring process for a key employee. From planning and scheduling to purchasing, daily operations oversight or even project management, I can provide direct resourcing to your team to allow you the time to find the best fit for your opening - without risking current goals or burnout within other team members. With the ability to step into a broad range of mid-high level roles to help keep operations moving in the right direction, I can provide the short-term resourcing needed to allow you go through the right processes to identify the best long-term solution.